News — duct leakage

I'm proud to announce that Vent Cap Systems has been approved by The Building Performance Institute™ (BPI) for inclusion as a BPI Listed Product.  BPI Listed Products are matched to specific home performance testing standards and other criterion.   Coming on the heels of the USPTO's recent issuance of our patent is certainly welcome news after over five years in the business.  Both are further recognition that Vent Caps are both novel, functional, and necessary tools for anyone doing duct leakage testing.

Sorry You've probably heard the term but. . . Duct Blaster® is a registered trademark belonging to The Energy Conservatory™ for their marquee fan/manometer duct leakage testing system, aka The Minneapolis Duct Blaster®. It’s likely to go the way of Kleenex, Aspirin, Escalator - all formerly trademarked product names that became synonymous with the actual product. The test people are actually referring to is called Duct Leakage Testing which is now mandated all across the country - in one form or another - and the backbone of any worthwhile residential energy audit.  It involves the pressurized testing of a home's ducted air conditioning system for diagnostic purposes.   The...

I sell reusable air duct covers.  They're used to seal air vents, registers, or whatever you call them.  Unlike some other products that cover air vents to block drafts, Vent Caps are rugged tools used to seal air vents for Duct Leakage Testing, the diagnostic testing of a home's ducted a/c system.  My reusable register covers can cut your DuctBlaster® setup time in half, help you spend less time with/on/carrying a ladder, and save you tons of money on disposable plastic tapes.  Grill masks, register sealing films, duct masks, and even plastic wraps all have to be ordered OVER AND OVER again.  Vent Caps...

Halloween is here.  The familiar faces of death will walk among us at cocktail parties and in our neighborhoods.  Whether it's a man/bat that will suck all life from you, or a giant monster that mauls you to pieces - they're each symbols of a particular fear.  If you're most afraid of being eaten alive, you're not going to be as afraid of Frankenstein as you would at the thought of a brain eating ghoul, or a werewolf.  Each has a different method of killing and duration of suffering.   If Frankenstein beats you over the head?  That's it - no suffering.   A pack of...